For this lesson we brought a little bit of Hawaii to South Dakota. We began this lesson by learning and practicing the different techniques of water coloring. We then choose two different techniques of water coloring, and made our "masterpiece". At the time we felt rushed to get our masterpiece done, but this was to give it time to dry. The next step was to get out colorful construction paper for our flowers. We used a flower pattern and then cut out the flowers, but an older grade could make their own flowers as well. We were assigned to cut out twenty four flowers from all different colors and cut straws into twenty four one to two inch straw pieces. Then we used a bobby pin to assist us in stringing the flowers onto the string. For every flower there needed to be a straw. We learned many Hawaiian words that added to the fun, tropical feel to the assignment. For an extension activity the students could look more into Hawaiian culture and write a short research story or a story about a make believe trip to Hawaii.
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